Spectacular Hotels : The Most Remarkable Places on Earth

Showcasing 30 hotels on five continents, this beautifully photographed travel book conducts a tour through some of the world's most extravagant and lavish lodges, including the Four Seasons, the Peninsula, Aman Resorts, the Ritz-Carlton, and other famously luxurious hotels. The photographs visit world-class hotels in a variety of citiesfrom Bangkok and Capetown to New York and Hong Kongand offer travelers expertise on amazing places to stay in locations they may never have dreamed of visiting. This updated edition features six new hotels for the prospective and adventurous jet-set traveler.

Trisha Wilson is the president and CEO of Wilson and Associates, which has designed more than one million resorts awarded the Gold Key Award for Hotel Design by the American Hotel & Motel Association, and is an Architectural Digest Hall of Fame interior designer. She lives in Dallas. Robin Leach was the host of the television show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, which profiled well-known celebrities and their lavish homes and cars. He lives in Los Angeles.